The church is St. James Catholic Church on South 27th Street in Franklin.

Parish Director Dan Hull said the break is due to an aging gas line and the deep freeze below. Because of the break, there's no heat in the church, and they can't hold services and other activities in the building this weekend and all of next week.

"If (the) temperature in the church is 40 degrees or less, people aren't going to be able to sit for an hour in a pew for that, so we made the decision as quickly as we could to cancel all weekend liturgies," Hull said.

In the meantime, the church is referring members to other area churches this weekend. It's also relocating some of the activities for next week to other parts of its campus.

"My husband said I heard there was gas leak, and we're not going to have church, and I said, 'What, we're not going to have church?'" Mary Calteux said.

She's been a member there for more than 20 years.

She'll go to another church Sunday, and so will parishioner Patrick Horvath, but they said they would rather be at St. James.

"You go to a different church, no matter how good it is, how good they are, being a first time in a church, it's not the same, so I'm really going to be out my comfort zone no matter what," Horvath said.

We Energies told the church the repairs will be done in time for the following Sunday's Masses.

SOME 700 FAMILIES WILL BE WITHOUT THEIR CHURCH THIS WEEKEND AFTER YET ANOTHER BLOW FROM THIS BRUTAL WINTER. NEW AT TEN -- WISN 12 NEWS MAX SEIGLE IS LIVE IN INSIDE ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH IN FRANKLIN. MAX -- THIS IS IMPACTING NOT JUST SERVICES THIS WEEKEND -- BUT PROGRAMS NEXT WEEK. LOOKING AROUND THE SANCTUARY HERE YOU REALLY DON'T SEE ANYTHING TO SUGGEST WHY THE CHURCH IS CLOSED -- NOTHING'S BROKEN OR DAMAGED. I FOUND OUT IT WAS THE SMELL OF GAS EARLY IN THE WEEK THAT UNCOVERED A PROBLEM -- A GAS LINE BREAK UNDERGROUND. "WE HAVE ALL OUR MUSIC, THE PSALMS, THE READINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THEM THIS WEEK." THAT'S BECAUSE THERE IS NO HEAT AT ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH IN FRANKLIN AND MASSES ARE CANCELLED. "IF TEMPERATURES IN THE CHURCH IS 40 DEGREES OR LESS, PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO SIT FOR AN HOUR IN A PEW FOR THAT, SO WE MADE THE DECISION AS QUICKLY AS WE COULD TO CANCEL ALL WEEKEND LITURGIES." "THE CHURCH FOUND OUT TODAY THE PROBLEM HERE IS A BROKEN GAS LINE THAT RUNS UNDERNEATH THE PARKING LOT AND CONNECTS WITH THE CHURCH. THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET IT FIXED FOR AT LEAST A WEEK, SO THIS WEEKEND, THERE ARE NO SERVICES. PARISH DIRECTOR DAN HULL SAYS THE BREAK IS DUE TO AN AGING GAS LINE AND THE DEEP FREEZE BELOW. PROGRAMS NEXT WEEK, LIKE TUESDAY MASS AND BIBLE STUDY, WILL MOVE TO THE CHURCH'S OFFICE BUILDING. PARISHONERS ARE UPSET. MY HUSBAND SAID I HEARD THERE WAS GAS LEAK AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE CHURCH AND I SAID WHAT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE CHURCH." MARY CALTEUX'S BEEN A MEMBER HERE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. SHE'LL GO TO ANOTHER CHURCH SUNDAY -- AND SO WILL PATRICK HORVATH. BUT THEY'D RATHER BE HERE. YOU GO TO A DIFFERENT CHURCH, NO ,MATTER HOW GOOD IT IS, HOW GOOD THEY ARE, BEING FIRST TIME IN A CHURCH IT'S NOT THE SAME SO I'M REALLY GOING TO BE OUT MY COMFORT ZONE NO MATER WHAT." PARISHIONERS ARE BEING REFERRED TO OTHER CHURCHES FOR THIS SUNDAY'S MASS. WE ENERGIES TOLD THE CHURCH THE REPAIRS BE DONE IN TIME FOR NEXT SUNDAY'S MASSES BACK HERE. LIVE IN FRANKLIN MAX SEIGLE WISN 12 NEWS.